Oby Ezekwesili, former presidential candidate of the Allied Congress
Party of Nigeria (ACPN), has retired her campaign funds, accounting for
“every penny” spent.
The former vice-president of the world bank, in a detailed breakdown of
income and expenditure, said the campaign raised N48,957,416.00, $
17,645.00, and £200, from October 1, 2018 to February 2, 2019.

She also revealed that her campaign spent over N12 million on travels,
N10.6 million on media and publicity, and another N15.3 million on
“campaign mobilization fees, meeting and logistics costs”.

In total, her campaign spent N46,521,806.19 in running its activities
for the 2019 presidential campaign, which was aborted about a month to
the eventual poll.

Ozioma Ubabukoh, the spokesperson of the Obiageli Ezekwesili
Presidential Campaign Organisation, said via a press statement that she
withdrew from the race to build a veritable coalition.

“This decision followed extensive consultations with leaders from
various walks of life across the country over the past few days. I deem
it necessary for me to focus on helping to build a veritable coalition
to ensure a viable alternative to the #APCPDP in the forthcoming
elections,” Ubabukoh had said.

The ACPN, on the other hand, said the former minister of education, and
former vice-president of the World Bank, was only seeking to be finance
minister — and never took her campaign seriously.

“The reason for calling this press conference is to let the world know
about the presidential aspiration of Dr. Oby Ezekwesili, which in actual
fact, is not the truth. I have been put into confidence by one of her
aide named Iyinoluwa Aboyeji that she only wanted to use the platform of
the ACPN to negotiate to be Nigeria’s finance minister,” Ganiyu
Galadima, Ezekwesili’s running mate and ACPN chairman, said.

Ezekwesili said she regrets joining the party, adding that she thought they shared the same values she holds dearly.

After her exit, the party went on to endorse incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari for a second term.